ZHA stopped working after setting RPi to Wifi

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I don’t care about what you think about putting my server on WiFi instead of LAN. For the time being this is my only option since there is no LAN cable at the location I want my RPi to hang at this point.

I migrated my HomeassistantOS RPi server from LAN to WiFi. And everything except my ZHA devices work now. It’s using a Sonoff 3.0 Zigbee Dongel. Offcource the IP changed now but I got it working now.

Any ideas on why the ZHA stopped working? I would rather not have to unscrew all my dumb switches to get the smart switches into pairing mode…

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If you can relocate your ZigBee dongle away from the device using a USB extension cable it may help

Root cause is WiFi interference

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